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Why would losing water weight and/or fat affect a fighters ability to take a punch?

Just guessing here...
Fat, don't see how. Water, only if the lack of it (in order to make weight) weakened your organism as a whole. But normally fighters cut along muscle mass and that could impact negatively in the resistence of your neck, I think, allowing a punch to bounce your head easier.

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Just guessing here...
Fat, don't see how. Water, only if the lack of it (in order to make weight) weakened your organism as a whole. But normally fighters cut along muscle mass and that could impact negatively in the resistence of your neck, I think, allowing a punch to bounce your head easier.

This.

Basically if you're cutting around 40lbs (i think Cote walks around at 210lbs) you are going to lose some muscle mass, he is not losing 40lbs of pure water and fat, it's almost biologically impossible to lose that much weight and none of it being muscle.

Really hoping Cote can get the win here. I like the guy, but he's had such unfortunate luck in the UFC since his freak loss to Anderson Silva. He seems to be in great shape and he should have dropped to 170 a long time ago. It is scary that he once fought Tito Ortiz at 205, and that's back when Ortiz was still considered a monster.

What's the story on Voelker? I'd appreciate a more informative response than "he's better than Cote." I only have his fight record to go on and who he's fought.

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